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The FAFSA uses both your and your parent's information to calculate your eligibility for federal student financial aid such as grants, loans, and work-study. Beginning with the 2017-2018 FAFSA, the Department of Education has instituted the use of "prior prior year". When completing the 2019-2020 FAFSA, you and your parent(s) will need your 2017 federal tax returns.

We recommend that you use the Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) in the FAFSA to upload your tax information directly from the IRS. If you utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool in the FAFSA and do not make any changes either on the FAFSA results or by amending your tax return, it will save time and effort if your FAFSA is selected for verification by the federal processor. If you DO NOT use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool and your FAFSA is selected for verification, you will be required to submit an official IRS 2017 Tax Return Transcript to our partner, School Servicing Center or to the financial aid office. (Click here to request a Tax Return Transcript).

When you log into the FAFSA, the system will ask you for your FSA ID for both you and one of your parents. Please safeguard these FSA IDs, as they will be used to file renewal FAFSAs in subsequent years. The FSA ID is also your electronic signature for educational loans. If you do not have a FSA ID, please create a New FSA ID.

The 2019-2020 FAFSA can be filed online any time after October 1st at www.fafsa.gov. Please make sure that both you and your parent sign the FAFSA electronically using your FSA ID in order to avoid processing delays. If at all possible, file the FAFSA by mid-February to meet North Carolina state aid deadlines and the priority processing deadline for Warren Wilson College.

Warren Wilson College’s school code is 002979.

Please remember that after October 1st, there will be two FAFSA years available. Make sure to apply using the correct FAFSA year!

File the 2018-2019 FAFSA for the academic year that runs from August 2018 to May 2019.

File the 2019-2020 FAFSA for the academic year that runs from August 2019 to May 2020.